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Following the brief hearing in Plymouth, Sweet, of Park Avenue, Devonport, was returned to the court cells and was later escorted onto a prison van. It is understood he was then taken to HMP Exeter.

Our The Herald has learned an inquest was opened and adjourned into the death of baby Ruben by Plymouth coroner last year.

Documents presented at the coroner's court noted how Ruben was born at Derriford Hospital on November 17, 2016.

The coroner's officer told the hearing Ruben had been at Sweet's shared accommodation at an address in Stoke overnight on May 28 last year when the father reported the boy was "unresponsive and floppy".

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Ruben was taken to Derriford Hospital by ambulance and was examined by medical staff. The baby was then transferred to Bristol Children's Hospital but sadly passed away on May 31, 2017.

The cause of death was listed at the inquest on June 9 last year as pending a post-mortem. The inquest was then adjourned pending a police investigation, understood to be carried out by detectives from the Major Crimes Investigation Team.